Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Gow v. Mitchell Brothers' Santa Ana Theater
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 22, 1980No. Civ. 20836PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAMURA, J.
The City Attorney of the City of Santa Ana brought an action in the name of the People against the owners and operators of the Mitchell Brothers’ Santa Ana Theater to enjoin the exhibition of a number of allegedly obscene motion pictures as a public nuisance. On plaintiffs motion, the court granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the showing of the films pending a final determination of their obscenity vel non. Defendants appeal from the order granting the preliminary injunction.
The complaint alleged that certain named feature length films and their previews being shown at…
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